JOHANNESBURG, 30 November 2009 (PlusNews)
- The theme for World AIDS Day 2009 is 'Universal Access and Human Rights',
and the efforts of the continent's developing countries to reach some of
the key indicators of universal access are under closer scrutiny than ever.
Will they do it?

In December 2005 the United Nations General
Assembly Special Session on HIV/AIDS (UNGASS) adopted a resolution to assist
governments, civil society and NGOs in "scaling up HIV prevention,
treatment, care and support, with the aim of coming as close as possible
to the goal of universal access …